500-year-old horn container discovered in South Africa sheds light on pre-colonial Khoisan medicines

For the Khoi and San people, not all medicines were meant to treat physiological illnesses. Healers were specialised individuals whose task was …

When did humans first start to speak? How language evolved in Africa

Ability to produce speech sounds catapulted Homo sapiens into a world in which they would dominate all other species

Amazon new Africa headquarters being built on sacred land: Indigenous communities protest

Environmental concerns were disregarded while granting the go-ahead to the project